Obama vows to fight India, China for jobs

Published: Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 15:55 [IST]

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Washington, Aug 17: US President Barack Obama promised to give tough competition to India and China for millions of potential jobs in the American industry raising the limited outsource to the Asian countries.

"As the world became smaller, outsourcing, an easier way to increase profits, a lot of those jobs shifted to low-wage nations."

Millions of Americans were left jobless Obama said. "But I'm here to tell you, we are not giving up and we are not giving in. We are going to keep fighting for an economy that works for everybody, not just for a privileged few."

"There are other countries that are fighting for those jobs, in China and India and in Germany and other parts of Europe," Obama said. "But the United States doesn't play for second place.

"As long as I'm President, I'm going to keep fighting night and day to make sure that we win those jobs, that those are jobs that are created right here in the United States of America.

"So the message I want to deliver to our competitors-and to those in Washington who've tried to block our progress at every step of the way is that we are going to rebuild this economy stronger than before, and at the heart of it are going to be three powerful words: Made in America. Made in America," he said amid applause.